2021 (2) TMI 1399

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....iaeShri N.R.Patil, APP for respondent nos.1, 2 and 8 Shri S.N.Bhattad, Advocate for Respondent Nos. 4 and 5 Shri R.V.Malviya, Advocate for Respondent No. 7 Smt. M.R.Chandurkar, Advocate for Respondent No.9 ORDER Cr. Application (APPP) NO. 1849/2018 Heard. By this application, respondent No. 4 has sought modification of the order dated 10.10.2018 whereby the investigation of th....

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....at the goods in this case have been reported to be not the "betel nut" but the "areca nut" as per the report of the Food Safety Analyst. Firstly, we would like to make it clear that the order dated 10.10.2018 does not prohibit respondent No. 4 from carrying out his statutory duty. If it is his statutory duty to calculate the amount of duty leviable on these goods, this Court would never prohibi....

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....r. This apprehension could be seen as surfacing here from what has been submitted on behalf of the C.B.I. According to Smt. Chandurkar, learned counsel appearing for C.B.I., because of the pendency of the application, the C.B.I. is of the view that C.B.I. is prohibited to proceed further in the matter. After all, she further submits, by this application respondent No.4 has sought recalling of t....

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....that as per the information received, no offences have been registered so far. We are of the opinion that C.B.I. ought to have acted with due promptitude in the matter and if it has not upto now, this Court would have to direct the C.B.I to do so in a specific manner. In the result, the application is rejected. C.B.I is directed to register the offences under relevant laws against the persons i....